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Guest star Ken Curtis serves up a dry run for his "Festus" character on Gunsmoke as a grungy, highly eccentric Oregon cattle rustler named Monk. Attaching himself to Paladin (Richard Boone), Monk hopes that the gunslinger will protect him from Rook (Robert J. Wilke), a sadistic trail boss. Notorious for his trick shooting, Monk tries to goad Paladin into a showdown--but Paladin is not so easily goaded, at least not until the final scene. Stuntman and future film director Hal Needham appears in a small role.